To help my patients with their strength and research in the fight against cancer, which lately has been causing great devastation to humanity, I wrote this book (mainly a translation from the book of the Belgian professor of Botany, Gaston Bonnier) with the hope that with what I write, I may alleviate the pain and suffering of my fellow human beings.
I did not get tired of studying and researching the writings of our ancestors, great naturalists and ancient physicians (Dioscorides, Theophrastus, Hippocrates, Galen) who achieved "healing" with only herbal medicines. I selected the herbal medicines they used for swellings, abscesses, ulcers, and cancer, as well as those that prevent, combat, and cure it, and I gathered them in this small book, placing the image of each plant for easy recognition.
[...] (from the book's preface)